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Category Archives: Phishing

ITS has received reports of phishing emails being sent to various college staff. The Phishing email claims to be coming from a “Richard” Stating you have been subpoenaed by the FTC. Please DO NOT Click on any links.

We sent you an email on Friday regarding payment that we made to your account last week but I did not receive any response from you. The money returned back to us , So I have just sent the mail again just in-case you did not receive it.

Please cross check the account in the attached Invoice carefully and revert back to me.

ITS has received reports of phishing emails being sent to various college staff. The Phishing email claims that your parcel has arrived, but they were unable to deliver it. The phishing email then asks you to confirm the information on the delivery invoice. Please DO NOT click the included link.

Several staff have recieved a phishing email claiming that their BMO account has been locked out and that you must click a link to restore your account. Please do not click on any links. Forward any of these types of emails to itssupport@niagaracollege.ca.

message example:

Dear User,

Our system has lock your Bank Of Montreal account due to 10 invalid login attempts
to your account .

We have closed your Bank Of Montreal account due to the following reasons below ,

On the 11/30/2016 we detected 10 invalid login attempts to your Bank Of Montreal
account with incorrect security answer and password.

we have deleted your account information’s and we need you to Restore your account
by confirming and updating your account details within 48hrs of receiving this
message

To Restore Your account , we need you to update your account information’s by clicking the link below ,

Click The Link Below , Login With Your Card Number To Complete And Verify Your Account Details All Fields Must Be Completed ,CLICK HERE TO LOGIN

Several staff have received a Phishing email that claims you have a balance due. The email shows an invoice from JJ Douglas Services. Do not click on the link provided. Please forward the email to itshelpdesk@niagaracollege.ca and then delete the email.

Several staff have received an email claiming that you are being delivered an iPad and to track the package click on the link provided. Do not click on the link or on any file that pops up asking to be saved. Please forward the email to itshelpdesk@niagaracollege.ca and then delete the email.

ITS has received reports of phishing emails being sent to various college staff. The Phishing email claims to be coming from “RingCentral” stating that you have a new fax message. Please DO NOT clock on any links attached.

You Have a new Fax message
From: 908.0843606
Receiving date: November 28, 2016
Pages: 3
You can view your message on our website:
https://service.ringcentral.com/messages/download.aspx?fax_i d=5738141
Thank you for usingRingCentral.

ITS has received reports of phishing emails being sent to various college staff. The Phishing email claims to be coming from “TD Commercial Banking”. Please DO NOT open any documents up attached.

See below for example

From: TD Commercial Banking <web.business.banking@juno.com>

Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2016 8:48 AM

To: xxxxxx

Subject: Web Business Banking – Request Follow Up

To Whom It May Concern,

Due to the ongoing products services updates, we need you to verify and update your WBB ConnectID user profile details.

Kindly open the document attached and follow all the instructions to avoid deactivation of your ConnectID profile associated services.

Please proceed immediately to avoid any transaction(s) delays due to incomplete user profile verification. If you do not wish to update your profile now your WBB ConnectID profile will have limited access to our Web Business Banking services.